Test 10 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

gonna get 1 guinea pig, just the one, cheaper innit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: get · To what, where: one, 1 guinea pig

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 get	dep
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 pig	nummod
4	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pig	compound
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 one	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
11	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 innit	amod
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	the one	1 guinea pig				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent pig=Beneficiary one=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Get one now and another one in a few years when it's older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Get	obj
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Get	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 one	cc
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 years	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 years	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 years	amod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Get	obl
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 older	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 older	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 older	cop
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	one			now; year		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
2	is	present	it					old property	tree rules

Option 2

One is best, so that it bonds only with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bonds	punct
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 bonds	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bonds	nsubj
8	bonds	bond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	conj
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 you	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 bonds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One					good property	tree rules
2	bond	present	it					with you	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Get at least two, they are herd animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 least	case
3	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 two	nmod
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Get	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 animals	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 animals	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 animals	cop
8	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 animals	compound
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	two		least			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent two=Theme at least=Asset
2	is a	present	they	herd animals					tree rules

Option 4

One is fine if you play with it every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 play	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 play	nsubj
6	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 play	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 play	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One					fine property	tree rules
2	play a condition, not said to happen	present	you				day	with it	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme

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